"Just as we start the New Year, a sobering report by Bangladesh Occupational Safety Health and Environment Foundation (OSHE) warns of an increase in workplace casualties in 2022 compared to the year b ...
"A sudden fire broke out on Saturday morning in a factory in Nimbri village near Soham Ashram Dham on Sanauli Road in Panipat. Raw materials and textiles worth lakhs of rupees has been destroyed by bu ...
"A fire occurred at a private factory operating in Renikunda area near Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh. Fabric bags and fabrics used for medical equipment are manufactured in the factory." ...
"An India-based social enterprise, Silaiwali collaborated with luxury fashion brand Chloé in order to drop yet another chapter of upcycling waste fabrics generated from apparel scraps and achieve new ...
"In the Closed Loop Pilot project, manufacturers such as Armedangels and Otto started a reality check for circularity together with sorters, recyclers and consumers for the first time. From the recycl ...
"A tour among factories offered to end consumers is one of the implementations setting Portuguese brand ISTO apart when it comes to transparency. Rather than merely talking about its environmental and ...
"A Dhaka court on Wednesday ordered the start of the trial against the chief executive officer of Evaly, Mohammad Rasel, and the e-commerce company's chairperson Shamima Nasrin over embezzling custome ...
"Brandy Melville has settled a long-running, consolidated lawsuit, which accused it of maintaining a “consistent policy” of failing to pay full wages and/or overtime to all hourly employees, and runni ...
"The need for greater accountability from brands, then, is likely to be a strong focus next year. Addressing the issue of greenwashing will be key, as a raft of new legislation looks to crackdown on b ...
"Social sustainability gained momentum this year, but experts say there is much more to be done, especially on garment worker rights in the supply chain, and diversity and inclusion in head offices." ...
"According to Awami Colony SHO Farasat Shah, the incident took place at a garment and perfume-making factory. Doctors at the hospital said the condition of the injured was out of danger." ...
"All the big online brands were embarrassed by damaging revelations in 2022, including the UK-based firms Missguided and Boohoo. But no matter how many times reports continue to expose the ways these ...
"The fire broke out around 5 pm on Sunday at a shoe factory located in Sector 8, IMT Manesar. The fire first caught at the factory's rear side, which later engulfed the entire property. Fire also engu ...
"A worker earned Tk9,984 per month in the April-June quarter of 2022 on average, while their living wage ranged from Tk19,200 to Tk26,000 – a gap of 51-60% between the actual income and the minimum ne ...
"It is not only frustrating but also a shame for the nation that garment workers' provident fund has not been implemented even in four decades, said Rashed Khan Menon, president of the Bangladesh Work ...
"You have most likely noticed products marketed with the label “Made in America.” And you might have assumed high ethical standards and imagined factories where all employees were treated fairly and e ...
"Not only is the demand for sustainability high, but so is the conversation surrounding the subject. Data provided by Launchmetrics’ proprietary algorithm that measures Media Impact Value reveals that ...
"Another devastating fire on the second day of the year. This time a devastating fire broke out in a jute warehouse in Munirpara, Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur." ...
"The highest 115 labour protests took place in readymade garment sector while 15 incidents occurred in Bidi sector, 14 in jute and 11 in transport and 10 in textile industries in the year." ...
"The first time I met Saeeda Khatoon was at a general body meeting of the Ali Enterprises Factory Fire Affectees Association at the PMA House, the Pakistan Medical Association’s office, in Karachi in ...
